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Gormenghast*** E1 5a

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[On the First belay of Gormenghast, 3 kb]53m, 3 pitches. No description has been contributed for this climb.
L Brown, A L Atkinson 26/Mar/1960

Ticklists: Hard Rock.

Photo: On the First belay of Gormenghast © Karl Walton
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 133 logbooks, and on 19 wishlists.

Martin Bennett - Apr/13

captain - 2013

Did in 2 pitches. Led p2. Nice route, nice weather!
AJM - AltLd O/S - 05/Sep/12 with Simon Goldman

1st pitch saturated. Feet shot off with no warning & decked out on my head after RP failed! 2nd rope clipped to chockstone just went tight as I landed. Led it OK on 2nd attempt and andy led next 2 pitches in fine style as I started to feel rather sore by pitch 3. Kids, if you're reading this, Always wear a helmet! AWESOME ROUTE!!
marcoleptic - AltLd β - 06/Jul/12 with Andy Short

Nigel Bond - AltLd - 30/May/12 with Bern Hardman

Hidden - 27/May/12

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 18/Mar/12

Stewart Armstrong - 2012

JonG - 2012

Tony Kartawick - 2012

Stone Idol - 2012

Hidden - 2012

Superb Autumn weather led all pitches.
Tony Holdsworth - Lead O/S - 15/Oct/11 with Nick Mitchell

We both really enjoyed this. Great route. Ran pitches 1 and 2 together - seems sensible given the bold start of P2. Well worth E1
gforce - Lead O/S - 19/Aug/11 with Emma

north country boy - AltLd O/S - 06/Aug/11 with Tom Mills

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 06/Jun/11

First E1 Lead!!
chripstine - AltLd O/S - 05/Jun/11 with Polly

Exodus - Lead O/S - 01/Jun/11 with Tim

GuyM - AltLd - 01/May/11 with will

awesome
WB - AltLd O/S - 01/May/11 with Guy

Flippin brillient! Led the 2nd pitch, which was pretty bold for me. Beautiful climbing all the way up.
HIGHTOWER - AltLd O/S - 01/May/11 with Lee Wales

Roger Cruse - AltLd O/S - 29/Apr/11 with Kris & Mark

myoung - AltLd - 29/Apr/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 10/Apr/11

Superb, a glorious day. we could see no birds nesting on the crag. checked BMC and Frcc first
petegunn - Lead - 24/Mar/11 with Davina

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 24/Mar/11

Totally awesome!
climbingpixie - AltLd O/S - 06/Mar/11 with Andy

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 06/Mar/11

Hidden - 2011

alkira - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Glenn Sutcliffe - 2011

Johnny Baker - 2011 with Matt Helliker

Hidden - 2011

Dave Rumney - 03/Sep/10

Dave Rumney - AltLd - Sep/10 with Tanya Milner

Hidden - 22/Aug/10

Hidden - 22/Aug/10

bigpapparen - AltLd - Aug/10 with tom o'shea

jl - Lead O/S - 27/Jun/10 with Penny

tim newton - AltLd O/S - 22/Jun/10 with harri melhuish

with andy mac. Led 5b groove way on pitch 2
mattbaird - AltLd - 20/Jun/10

Me pitches 2 and 3. Went up the 5b groove, felt hard!
JWB - Lead O/S - 07/Mar/10 with Jon Gill

i lead the first slightly wet pitch which was quite easy just rather run out.altogether a great route!
jon_gill1 - AltLd O/S - 07/Mar/10 with john beardmore

RachelP - 2nd - 12/Sep/09 with Duncan, Chris

Very steep, 1st pich was really wet which made to feel a lot harder than it probably was. Was fairly boxed after climbing Jean Jeania previous day, great route.
Jim Walton - AltLd O/S - 30/Aug/09 with Steve Pugh

J1PEF - AltLd - Jul/09

Great route - ran first two pitches together and went the run out juggy way, worth E1 5a I reckon overall.
Chad123 - AltLd O/S - 29/May/09 with Rik

Ken Taylor - AltLd O/S - 24/May/09 with Chris Michalak

Hidden - Solo - 21/Apr/09

did the 5b crack very strenuous indeed
Diggler - AltLd dog - 18/Apr/09 with jonah

Hidden - AltLd - 18/Mar/09

Seymore Butt - 2009

Wet on all cracks...
troutbeck - AltLd dnf - 03/Oct/08 with A.M.

Got all 3 pitches, 1st was wet and felt tricky as gear is minmal on wet holds = worrying, second pitch out left on jugs feels ace and run out.. brilliant. third pitch continues to gve superb but straight forward climbing all the way to the end. Superb route! never too hard, prob only HVS, the 5a moves felt soft.
Mattyk - Lead O/S - 24/Aug/08 with Dom and Jude

centurion05 - Lead O/S - 26/Jul/08 with maddy

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 12/Jun/08

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 12/Jun/08

Christian Beck - AltLd - Jun/08

sgl - AltLd O/S - 10/May/08 with viv

Hidden - AltLd - 21/Oct/07

Hidden - 2nd - 07/Oct/07

Hidden - Lead O/S - Sep/07

Found coming up the groove difficult. An excellent top pitch.
Will Hunt - 2nd O/S - 09/Aug/07 with Tom Ripley

John Kettle - 02/Aug/07

ewen - AltLd O/S - 02/Aug/07 with the kettle

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 30/Jul/07

Rich Mayfield - AltLd - 29/Jul/07 with Mark Stevenson

I lead the crux pitch went the classice mantal self way don't fall off. excelent
Dale - AltLd O/S - Jun/07 with johny

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 04/May/07

Hidden - AltLd - 04/May/07

Johann - AltLd O/S - 2007 with Tim Nichol

Ist pitch, poor gear, 2nd pitch, good gear up the crack but very steep, 3rd pitch, fantastic. Gear galore, exposure and nice moves. Excellent route.
Zoomer - 2nd - 25/Aug/06 with Paul Chiddle

fizzy_elephant - AltLd O/S - 26/Jul/06 with stu

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 26/Jul/06

Hidden - Lead O/S - 26/Jul/05

Tom Briggs - Jagged Globe - 2005

with Brian F
alasdair19 - 2005

Lead pitches 1 and 3
PenJD - Lead O/S - 31/May/04 with Jon Ascroft

Lead crux second pitch taking unprotected mantleshelves to the left. Excellent outing all round
Cragrat Rich - AltLd O/S - May/04

Hidden - AltLd O/S - May/04

The Pylon King - Lead O/S - Aug/03 with Fiend

Neil Ireson - Lead - Jul/03 with Jane

Hidden - AltLd - 26/Jun/03

Started up groove, fell off, retreated and then led the bold wall which was a lot easier, and a lot bolder.
chrishedgehog - Lead dog - 26/May/03 with Malin, Alex S, Joe Thompson

Daniel Armitage - AltLd O/S - Apr/03 with Paul Armitage

towdman - AltLd O/S - 29/Mar/03 with Daniel Armitage

Hidden - 2002

Grezza - AltLd O/S - Jul/00 with Paul E

zero six - Lead O/S - 2000

RobSimmo - 2nd dog - 04/Aug/97 with Jon Berry

kato'sdad - Lead - 04/Aug/97 with Rob Simpson

phardman - 20/Jul/97

I tried this in 1976 with Billy. A wierd but wonderful climb and probably deserves the upgrade.
Ian Jones - Lead β - 1997 with Karen Ghiselli

Excellent hard route, desperate middle pitch, lovely top pitch, great climb!!
wadey1973 - Lead - 08/Sep/96 with Roger Watkinson

Hidden - Lead O/S - 16/Jul/96

Andy Say - Lead - 15/Jun/96

rurp - Lead O/S - 1996

Last hard rock route in the lakes
phardman - AltLd O/S - 07/Oct/95 with Jon Bibby

Hidden - AltLd - Sep/94

Hidden - Lead - 28/Aug/93

biggianthead - Jun/93 with C

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Jun/93

craig h - AltLd O/S - Feb/91 with Luke Steer

Attempted with Alan (1989)
PeteCheung - Lead - 1991 with Pete Butler

Nick Rundall - AltLd O/S - 1990

Steve Lenartowicz - 1990

Via the unprotected mantleshelves to the left and the huge nest finish.
babymoac - Lead - 09/Sep/89 with Howard

BigHairyIan - AltLd O/S - 09/Apr/89 with Tufty (Stewart Moffat)

Hidden - Apr/89

Dave Musgrove - Lead - 07/Apr/88 with Bill Cox, David

michael burrows - AltLd O/S - 13/Sep/87 with brian jones

sadams - Solo - 26/Jul/87 with Guy Townsend

Fell off 2nd pitch after completing the mantels resulting in a long, painful, head first dive into the slab below. Broken jaw, missing teeth and many bruises. I was very lucky. Graded HVS then!
DaveAtkinson - Lead - May/87

William Robertson - Lead O/S - 1986 with Emily, Steve, Shaun etc

Richard Weller - Lead - 06/Sep/85 with Tim Livesey

Hidden - Lead - 17/Jun/84

mark-abz - Lead - Jun/84 with Andy W

very cold
David Smith - Lead - 29/Apr/84 with Andrew (Pog) Horn

Bob - AltLd O/S - 17/Apr/83 with al phizacklea

Hammy - AltLd - 09/Jul/82 with Fai Kwong

Andy Chubb - AltLd - 02/May/81 with Geoff Barker

Quite a decent route on a dull day away from the popular haunts.
KRB - AltLd O/S - 23/Feb/80 with Gerry Jewson

robinsi197 - 1980 with Barbara

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/Apr/79

GeoffG - AltLd - Apr/78

Mantleshelves interesting, especially as no peg runner. Martin led the improbable but superb direct finish.
rogerskews - AltLd - 02/Sep/77 with Martin Coward

petemeads - Lead - 06/Aug/77

Pedro50 - AltLd O/S - 05/Jul/77 with Steve White

Hidden - 2nd - 07/Jun/77

Hidden - Lead O/S - 07/Jun/77

Mike Owen - 22/Jul/76 with Pete White

Paula Hamilton-Gibson - Lead O/S - 1975 with Will Walker

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Voting
Total votes cast 88
hard E20 of 31
E20 of 31
easy E20 of 31
hard E11 of 31
E123 of 31
easy E14 of 31
hard HVS3 of 31
HVS0 of 31
easy HVS0 of 31
hard 5b0 of 30
5b0 of 30
easy 5b7 of 30
hard 5a11 of 30
5a9 of 30
easy 5a3 of 30
hard 4c0 of 30
4c0 of 30
easy 4c0 of 30
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Style of ascent

Soloed2 of 133 (1.5%)
Lead35 of 133 (26.3%)
Followed7 of 133 (5.3%)
Alt Leads61 of 133 (45.9%)
Unknown28 of 133 (21.1%)

'Climbed'67 of 133 (50.4%)
clean O/S58 of 133 (43.6%)
clean β2 of 133 (1.5%)
clean rpt2 of 133 (1.5%)
dogged3 of 133 (2.3%)
dnf1 of 133 (0.8%)